Use case
Claude Opus 4.6 Claude Code
Claude Code notes for claude-opus-4-6: the rate card, a worked volume, and when to send this ID. A sample of 1 million input tokens plus 200 thousand output tokens is about $2.00 on corouter (input $1.00, output $1.00).
Two settings in Claude Code
Set the model to claude-opus-4-6 and the base URL to https://api.corouter.co. The exact environment variable names follow the Claude Code build you installed. This page stands behind the ID and the rate card.
Claude Opus 4.6 is the earliest Opus 4 ID still on this rate card, at the same list rate as Opus 4.7. Send claude-opus-4-6 only when that older ID is the one in the request.
An agent-loop bill
A sample of 1 million input tokens plus 200 thousand output tokens is about $2.00 on corouter (input $1.00, output $1.00).
Claude Opus 4.6 (claude-opus-4-6) lists at $5.00 input and $25.00 output per million tokens. corouter bills $1.00 input and $5.00 output. Context is 1M.
Questions
- Which model ID should the request send?
- Send claude-opus-4-6. Do not put a different name in the model field.
- What is the minimum top-up?
- Prepaid credits, $5 minimum top-up, no subscription tier.